The LFI deputy for the 3rd constituency of Seine-Saint-Denis, Thomas Portes, filed a complaint for “death threats”, after receiving a letter threatening his family and promising a “shot to the head”.
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“You have family, they're going to get acid in their mouth“(and) “then you're going to take a bullet”, we can read in particular on the handwritten letter received by the deputy in the National Assembly, consulted by AFP, and revealed by Libération.
A mention “we are the GUD” also appears at the bottom of the sheet as an initial. The Union Defense Group, an ultra-right movement, was dissolved in June. On the back of the sheet also appears a drawn swastika.
“I have been a target of the far right for years. In 2018 Génération identitaire sued me, which I won, because I had described them as neo-Nazis. It has obviously accelerated since I became a parliamentarian“, declared Thomas Portes, specifying that he has already filed a complaint on several occasions for death threats received by mail, by telephone or by messages on social networks.
“When you are a political leader you are unfortunately used to it. But it's quite destabilizing for those around you too, who must be protected“, he lamented, denouncing a “resurgence of hateful messages”.
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